TOMS RIVER – Four branches of the Ocean County Library will host Osteoporosis 101 with a bone density screening in March and April.

The Center for Healthy Aging, in cooperation with the Pharmacy Department at Kimball Medical Center, an affiliate of the Barnabas Health System, will discuss the nature and risk factors of osteoporosis, its warning signs and its symptoms. They will also examine the dos and don’ts of osteoporosis medications.

The workshop will be followed by free bone density screenings.

Osteoporosis is the weakening of a person’s bones and it affects men and women of all ages and races.